Kate Braid was born in Calgary, raised in Montreal and went to school in New Brunswick before moving to British Columbia where she has been ever since. She worked for 15 years as a carpenter before turning to full-time writing, research and teaching. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from University of British Columbia.
Awards
Pat Lowther Memorial Award, 1992.
Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, short list, 1996.
Mother Tongue Chapbook Contest, second prize, 1997.
The Word is Out, first prize, poetry, 1997.
Selected Publications
Covering Rough Ground. (Polestar, 1991).
Small Songs. (Hawthorn Society, 1994).
To This Cedar Fountain. (Polestar, 1995)
A Woman's Fingerprint. (Mother Tongue Press, 1997).
Inward to the Bones: Georgia O'Keeffe's Journey with Emily Karr. (Polestar,
1998).
Selected Anthologies
If I had a Hammer. (Papier Mache, 1990).
More than Our Jobs. (Pulp Press, 1991).
Poems of Passion, Poems of Love. (The Crossing Press, 1995).
Books in Print
Kate Braid
A Woman's Fingerprint. Mother Tongue Press, 1997.
Covering Rough Ground. Polestar, 1991.
Inward to the Bones: Georgia O'Keeffe's Journey with Emily Karr. Polestar,
1998. $16.95 ISBN 1-896095-40-2. Red Bait.
Struggles of a Mini Mill Local. Non-fiction. Kingbird, 1998. ISBN 0-9683768-0-0.
Small Songs. Hawthorn Society, 1994.
To This Cedar Fountain. Polestar, 1995. ISBN 1-896095-08-9.
Kate Braid 75 N. Howard Av, Burnaby BC, (604) 299-6831
kbraid@istar.ca